> [!summary]- Classification
**Kingdom**:: Animals
**Phylum**:: Chordata
**Subphylum**:: [Vertebrata](Vertebrata.md)
**Superclass**:: Osteichthyes
**Class**:: Actinopterygii
**Subclass**:: Neopterygii
**Superorder**:: Acanthopterygii
**Order**:: Anguilliformes
**Suborder**:: Congrodei
**Superfamily**::
**Family**:: Ophichthidae
**Subfamily**::
**Genus**:: Myrichthys
**Species**:: M. breviceps
**Vernacular**:: Goldspotted eel
## Photos
*[116 - 2023-03-01 - Sources chaudes - Saint Pierre - Martinique](116%20-%202023-03-01%20-%20Sources%20chaudes%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md)*
## Notes
This animal is very unafraid of divers, so it can be observed long enough. It's not a snake, even though it seems to be one, as it moves the just like it. It's not a very common animal, but I still saw two of them in 10 dives.
It can reach 1m long and can be tint in yellow to green. It can be confused with the M. ocellatus, that is really the same, but have also black around its yellow circles. M. breviceps just have yellow circles.
## References
- https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Myrichthys-breviceps-Serpentine-doree-710